kuji
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- May 28, 2013
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Hello gentlemen, I am new to the forums here. I am from Toronto Canada and I own a dark blue 2005 Ford Crown Victoria LX Sport. I recently picked up a Tuf Shine kit, I have been wanting to get one for a while now. My experience however was mostly bad however.
First, I ended up using up the whole bottle of cleaner on the tires, the suds just weren't coming clean but since the tires have had a LOT of regular tire dressing applied I figured that was the problem. Once the tires were 'clean' and dry, I applied 3 coats of the clearcoat as I like my tires nice and glossy.
One problem I had with the cleaning part was after one scrub the brush didn't come clean, I will talk about that issue later.
Application went on fine, and they looked great, until the next day.
I let the car sit overnight and in the morning I went to work. As I got out of the car at work I took a look to see what the tires looked like, this is what I found:
It looked as though old dressing was leaching out of the tires and they looked awful. After work I immediately emailed Bob at Tuf Shine. He replied back promptly and we set up a time to take via the phone. After explaining everything him and his business partner said that the tires just weren't 100% clean. I told him about how the brush didn't come clean and he said whatever I had on my tires had stained the brush.
To resolve my issue he sent me a new kit free of charge which I was very glad to have, so A++ on service!
In the meantime he suggested using a tire cleaner with Bleche Wite in it, Goo Gone, and laquer thinner on the tires. The only cleaner that I found with the Bleche Wite was a Simoniz rebrand at the local Canadian Tire. Goo Gone i tried and that seemed to work pretty well, but as for the laquer thinner I diffidently didn't want to do that.
Anyway the kit came in the mail but my car was in the repair shop getting some long overdue body work done so I tested out the kit on my mothers SUV. It worked beautifully and with two coats made her tires look awesome.
So I got the car back so first I cleaned the tires with the Simoniz stuff, then the Goo Gone, then their cleaner.
I ended up using all of the Tuf Shine cleaner, and almost all of the Simoniz cleaner. This is what the tires looked like before I applied the clearcoat, I sent them to Bob and he said their shouldn't be anymore problems. I also drove the car some more to see if anymore crap would bloom out of the tires, the black patches on the tires is the old clearcoat that didn't want to come off:
So I put on 3 coats of the clearcoat and let it sit overnight. In the morning I come out and look at the tires, and to my complete disappointment the tires were brown again and flaking. Now for the most part the sidewalls were fine, but the groove and such were flaking bad:
So after all that work and to have the tires still not turn out, you can imagine I was pretty pissed off about it. I emailed Bob and he was pretty dissapointed with the results as well. He suggested I try to use a brass bristle brush on the grooves to clean out the gunk and apply more clearcoat.
Well I drove the car for a few days and took another look at it, the look even worse the clearcoat is peeling and the look horrible.
So that is my experience with Tuf Shine. I call it bittersweet because it worked on my moms car but not on mine. I do thank Bob at Tuf Shine for the excellent customer service and for sending me a free kit, but I guess the stuff doesn't want to work with my tires.
Cheers
Phil
First, I ended up using up the whole bottle of cleaner on the tires, the suds just weren't coming clean but since the tires have had a LOT of regular tire dressing applied I figured that was the problem. Once the tires were 'clean' and dry, I applied 3 coats of the clearcoat as I like my tires nice and glossy.
One problem I had with the cleaning part was after one scrub the brush didn't come clean, I will talk about that issue later.
Application went on fine, and they looked great, until the next day.
I let the car sit overnight and in the morning I went to work. As I got out of the car at work I took a look to see what the tires looked like, this is what I found:
It looked as though old dressing was leaching out of the tires and they looked awful. After work I immediately emailed Bob at Tuf Shine. He replied back promptly and we set up a time to take via the phone. After explaining everything him and his business partner said that the tires just weren't 100% clean. I told him about how the brush didn't come clean and he said whatever I had on my tires had stained the brush.
To resolve my issue he sent me a new kit free of charge which I was very glad to have, so A++ on service!
In the meantime he suggested using a tire cleaner with Bleche Wite in it, Goo Gone, and laquer thinner on the tires. The only cleaner that I found with the Bleche Wite was a Simoniz rebrand at the local Canadian Tire. Goo Gone i tried and that seemed to work pretty well, but as for the laquer thinner I diffidently didn't want to do that.
Anyway the kit came in the mail but my car was in the repair shop getting some long overdue body work done so I tested out the kit on my mothers SUV. It worked beautifully and with two coats made her tires look awesome.
So I got the car back so first I cleaned the tires with the Simoniz stuff, then the Goo Gone, then their cleaner.
I ended up using all of the Tuf Shine cleaner, and almost all of the Simoniz cleaner. This is what the tires looked like before I applied the clearcoat, I sent them to Bob and he said their shouldn't be anymore problems. I also drove the car some more to see if anymore crap would bloom out of the tires, the black patches on the tires is the old clearcoat that didn't want to come off:
So I put on 3 coats of the clearcoat and let it sit overnight. In the morning I come out and look at the tires, and to my complete disappointment the tires were brown again and flaking. Now for the most part the sidewalls were fine, but the groove and such were flaking bad:
So after all that work and to have the tires still not turn out, you can imagine I was pretty pissed off about it. I emailed Bob and he was pretty dissapointed with the results as well. He suggested I try to use a brass bristle brush on the grooves to clean out the gunk and apply more clearcoat.
Well I drove the car for a few days and took another look at it, the look even worse the clearcoat is peeling and the look horrible.
So that is my experience with Tuf Shine. I call it bittersweet because it worked on my moms car but not on mine. I do thank Bob at Tuf Shine for the excellent customer service and for sending me a free kit, but I guess the stuff doesn't want to work with my tires.
Cheers
Phil
